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Coalition Calls on Governor and Legislators to Consider Alternatives to Cutting Tennessee
Wearing rain gear and stickers reading, “Guess what? It’s Raining,” and “Cut Tax Loopholes – Don’t Cut Tennessee,” scores of voters from a wide range of organizations gathered at the State Capitol as Governor Bredesen prepared to outline his proposal to address the half-billion dollar budget shortfall. Groups gathering to call for alternatives to the [...]
Can you stop the rain? taxing times in Tenn.
If water is pouring from the sky, but the governor doesn’t want to see it, is it really raining? From where I sit, it is raining in Tennessee.
In his January 2008 State of the State speech, Gov. Phil Bredesen told the people, “We expect our revenues this year to fall at least $180 million below [...]
Shortfall or Short Sighted? State Officials Stall a Fiscally-Responsible Answer to Budget Woes
At week’s end, the state of Tennessee will be $384 million in the hole according to the Funding Board’s latest estimate, but members of Tennesseans for Fair Taxation (TFT) call it unnecessary. It is projected to be $585 next fiscal year. “State officials are labeling the situation as a $384 million budget ’shortfall.’ Four-hundred million [...]
“Close loopholes - Feed families,” Coalition Says
News events in six cities to launch campaign for food and business tax fairness
In six cities across the state Thursday, Tennesseans for [...]